הצעת חוק איסור פרסומת והגבלת השיווק של מוצרי טבק ועישון (תיקון מס' 9), התשפ"ד–2024Bill to Prohibit Advertising and Restrict the Marketing of Tobacco and Smoking Products (Amendment No. 9), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

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Bill: חוק איסור פרסומת והגבלת השיווק של מוצרי טבק ועישון (תיקון מס' 9), התשפ"ד–2024Law on the Prohibition of Advertising and Limitation of Marketing of Tobacco and Smoking Products (Amendment No. 9), 2024auto

About the law and the debate

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Prohibition of Advertisement and Marketing Restriction of Tobacco and Smoking Products Law, 1983 (hereinafter - the Law), establishes restrictions on advertising and marketing of tobacco and smoking products in order to reduce exposure of the public in general, and young people and former smokers in particular, to these products, which cause serious health damage to the person consuming them, as well as to their surroundings through passive smoking. The Law establishes that packs and packages of smoking products must be standardized and sets forth additional provisions and prohibitions regarding them, including, among other things, imposing an obligation to publish a warning regarding the harms of smoking on the pack or package of the smoking product, requiring a specific color for the pack or package, and requiring it to be marked with the markings specified in the Law, and only those. A smoking product is defined in the Law with a broad definition, which includes, among other things, tobacco products, products used for smoking tobacco, and electronic cigarettes. The Amendment to the Law establishes an obligation to display a picture of the harms of smoking on the pack or package of a smoking product. The Amendment further establishes that violation of the obligation to display such a picture will be a criminal offense, similar to the violation of the obligation to state a warning about the harms of smoking, which is listed among the serious offenses under the Law. The penalty established for violating this obligation is a fine in an amount currently equal to 226,000 new shekels, and double that amount if the offense is committed by a corporation. It is also established that the Minister of Health, with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, will determine, by mandatory Regulations, the various pictures to be displayed, as well as provisions regarding the pictures - their size and shape in relation to the size and shape of the package, their design, the manner of their display, the frequency of their replacement, the matching of the pictures to the warnings, and the placement of the pictures on the packages - with reference to different types of packages. It is further established that the Minister of Health may set different provisions and different pictures for different types of smoking products, and may determine that the obligation to display a picture on the pack or package of a smoking product will apply only to a certain product or products. Since the entry into force of the proposed Amendment depends on the enactment of Regulations, and in order to prevent delay in the entry into force of the obligation to display a picture of the harms of smoking on the pack or package of a smoking product, it is established that the first Regulations will be brought for approval of the Economic Affairs Committee within nine months from the date of commencement of the Amendment.

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